The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-06-30
NEWS IN GENERAL.
DOMESTIC

favor OF tho Meigs system for an elevated
road in that city.
At Hartford City, Ind, a natural ga
well was struck that will yield daily l0,0O0-
900 cubic feet, The gas rushes from two
three>inch pipes with terrific force. making
noise that can be heard eight miles distant
1t is reported that the head Of Guiteau, tho
ssassin is in the hands of Snowman
The farm of the late Rev. Henry Ward
BeecAer at Peeksknl, n. v, has been pur-,
chased by Gen. Thomas, president OF the
East Tennessee railroad, who will maintain
1t as country residence,
Mrs Frances F. Cleveland the Presidents
vito has be n unanimously chosen trustee
of Wells College.
The general term of the supreme court Of
New York handed down an opinion revers-
ing the decision of Judge Lawrence in the
cases of the hotel keepers, and ordering tho
defendants to be discharged
President Cleveland has cordially accepted
The dedication to him of the eulogy on Henry
Ward Beecher by Dr. Parker of the City
Temple Of London. In his acceptance the
president refers to Mr. Beecher as my loved,
and honored friend" Dr. Parker will de,
liver the eulogy in Brooklyn in October
next.
Dr. Edward II, Duggan of Brooklyn, n.
Y, was shot and killed by George Weidler.
The Reading, Pa, iron works have sus.
pended operations, throwing 1000 hands out
of employment
Blunt the wife murderer, was hanged at
st. Louis.
President Cleveland has accepted the nvi-
tation of Mr.. George W. Childs to be his
guest during the constitution centennial con.
vention in Philadelphia in September
The 625 mn employed at the Atlantic oil
refinery at Point Breezs Pa, have struck
against the employment OF Hungarians by
the company.
Gen. Absalom Baird and Col II. c. Has.
brouck have been selected by Gea Sheridan
TO attend the grand III litary manoeuvres in
France in September.
Forty masked men overpowered the iailer
at Kosciusko and took James NJ. Webb, a
lite man to convenient place and hanged
q. " ebb was in Jail on tie charge of
soning his vito and the evidence was
oug against him.
The deed of sale OF the Madison Square
Garden property in New York City to James
T. Woodward for s, 600, 900 has been record :.
ed. A building devoted to amusements will
be erected on the site of the present structure.
The new three-hour lae from Boston to
New York is creating CONSERVATION in real
estate circles il New York, as its plans con"
template inrolds on valuable property. 1t
propos $ to have lis depot at the southwest
ern corner of Cent al Park
In disastrous freight wreck on the Mis-
souri, Pacific, eighteen cars were burned; loss
$4,000.
The Berks county, Pa, grand jury, which
has been investigating frauds charged
against tax collectors, las returned indict-
meuts against II collectors, all prominent
citizens, for Incorporating and misusing
public funds, ran cling in amount from $500
to $4,000, and aggregating So 900. 1t is
thoue hit that about 50 others will also be in
dicted
Mr.. Bradley, the owner OF Asbury Park,
N. j., has issued an order excluding colored
people from his board walk,
nr fla
office, has been knighted by the king OF
Italy.
The deputy sheriff has been killed and
three prisoners have escaped from jail at Mt
Vernon, Mo.
Twenty-Five Immigrants are held az New
York under the imported dor contract law.
Two government vessels have been ordered
to Honolulu TO protect American interests il
Hawaii.
fire at III, Chicago Packing arl Pro
vision company's establishment created
loss of 81, 80 90,
Two colored men, fathe: and son, from
Boston, Mass. took seats in first>clas
white car Of Il g Georgia railroads fast train
from Atlanta 10 Augusta. The conductor
requested them t. take seats in the car pro
vided for colored people, which they refuS ec
to do until show Of force was made to .iec
them, when thoy took seats assigne to then
by the conductor
The boiler of the Standard oil reiiuer ,
at Lima, O., expo led, wreckng the build
'ng and burvins the engineer in the debris
Fire broke out in the mines at Virginia
New, imprjsoning sixteen men who are al
supposed to lie dead.
special from, CoShocton, O., says tina
William U. Bucklew, assistant rostmsste.
at Coshocton, was arrested on charge [
being short in his accounts with the govern
ment. The amount charged against him i
$1,000.
A fire in the Puck building, New York
causes a loss of S45. 900.
James Faulkner, the celebrated wrestler
ha been engaged as instructor in the art O
wrestling ny the Olympic Club of San Fran
:isco.
Secretary Whitney Of the navy has bee
elected member of the Columbia Boa
Club of Washington.
II. A. Hazeu of the signal Office, who wa
the scientific man in the Worlds recent shoI
balloon trip from st. Louis, says it is all
mistake about the yoyagers in the air shi
having had a narrow escape with their lives
ana that the thrilling story or the fall OF I'll
balloon was due to the exaggerated sensa
tons of a novice who wrote the accoun
The results of the voyage, he says, will prov
very valuable. This scientific experiment
were the most successful of the kind CIV,
made. They succeeded in measuring IL
humidity of the air at a great distance fro
the earth, thing never before accom-
plshed.
FOREIGN.
The lord mayor of London ave banqu
to 200 representatives of literature, scien'
end art.
It is reported that the Pope has expresSe
desire for the establishment of ofticit
relations with England.